[Scpg] Thurs. July 11 7pm Permaculture Discussion Group to Cover Permaculture Principles and Practises in Santa Barbara CA

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Thurs. July 11 7pm Permaculture Discussion Group to Cover Permaculture 
Principles and Practises in Santa Barbara CA

hi everyone
This will be the ongoing interactive meeting showing videos covering many 
parts of a lecture series on Permaculture Design by Bill Mollison one of 
the founders of Permaculture , audio tapes, other Permaculture Videos, 
slides and discussion each month. The meetings are free and open to folks 
who want to study and learn more about Permaculture..
         We have not got a firm location for the meeting yet, so if anyone 
would like to host the meeting at their home please let us know. Margie 
Bushman has a special request below for everyone to consider
                         wes roe lakinroe at silcom.com
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Hello Everybody--

Wes and I just returned from a week long Sustainable & Natural 
Building  workshop called "Build Here Now".  It was held at the Lama 
Foundation just outside of Taos, New Mexico.

The Lama Foundation burned several years ago in devasting forest fire, and 
many of their structures were lost.  Catherine Wanek, strawbale pioneer, 
and co-founder with her husband of their company, The Last Straw, along 
with others, conceived of the great idea of having a combination building 
and learning workshop event to help Lama Fdn. rebuild.  Since Ram Dass, 
author of "BE HERE NOW", was in residence at the Lama Foundation when he 
was writing his book, they used that for inspiration, coined the name 
"Build Here Now" for the rebuild efforts and workshop.

We are very excited to share some of the experiences and stories with you 
at the next SCPG Video Discussion group on July 11.  Luckily we have a 
Share and Tell part to our meetings, so in addition to coming prepared to 
hear about "Build Here Now", please remember to bring your own 
announcements and experiences of recent events to also share with the group.

While we were at this event we were finally able to purchase a new video 
called Farming with Nature that Wes has been trying to find for some 
time.  It is a case study of a successful temperate permaculture project in 
the cold alpine region of Lungau, Austria.   It is so exciting to see the 
farm of Sepp Holzer, who has been practicing sustainable and permaculture 
priniciples successfully on his farm more than 30 years, growing things 
like citrus and cherries at these high snowy elevations!  The video also in 
a very clear and enjoyable manner, goes over many of the Permaculture 
principles we have been learning.

We would like to know from the group if you would be interested in seeing 
this video at the next meeting, because we'd like to share it with you.

Please reply by email if you are interested in doing this or would prefer 
to stick with the Bill Mollison Design Course series without 
interruption.  Remember, this is your group, so give us your feed back.  We 
are also still looking for someone to host the next meeting, so let us know 
if you have a place large enough to share, we can supply the VCR and T.V. 
if necessary.

Email reply your vote, and hope to see you on July 11th-

Thanks,
Margie Bushman


Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order 
to grow." - Anonymous

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